Condiment holder



March 2 1926. 1,575,506

J. H. ROGERS CONDIMENT HOLDER Filed July 14, 1925 FII WITNESSES I INVENTOR @aj/065125 VWX M I j`- BY y@ ATTO EYS Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

` 1,575,505 UNITED STATES PATENT "OFFICE,"

JOEL H. ROGERS, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ALBERT BERG, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. v

CONDIMENT HOLDER.

Applicationled` July 14, 1925. Serial No. 43,574.

To all whom t may concer/1a:

Be it known that I. Jour. H. ROGERS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Condiment Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion. Y l

This invention relates to condiment holders and has particularly reference to a holder constituting a container for a plurality of condiments and by means of which. the condiments may be singly er collectively dispensed.

One of the principal objects of the present invention is to provide a condiment holder by means of which the condiments will be protected against the entrance of moisture, dust, or other foreign matter, so that they will be maintained in a clean, sanitary and usable condition at all times.

More specifically the c invention comprehends a condiment holder including a plurality of receptacles having open upperends and a housing therefor including a body and a cover having sets of dispensing openings disposed, respectively, in register with the open ends of the receptacles and means on thecover for independently closing the dispensing openings and for permitting of the independent opening of said dispensing openings whereby to discharge the contents singly or collectively.

The invention aims as a still further object to provide a condiment holder which is comparatively simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture and which is highly efficient in its purpose.

l/Vith the above recited and otherobjects in view, reference is had to the following specification and drawings in which there is exhibited on'e example or embodiment of the invent-ion which is in no way intended as a limitation upon the scope of the appended claims as it is to be clearly understood that variations and modifications which properly fall within the scope of said claims may be resorted to when found expedient.

In the drawings- Figure l is a perspective view of a condi'- ment holder constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section therethrough taken approximately on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken approximately onl the line 3*-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view; n

F ig. 5 is an inverted view of the cover removed from the body of the housing.-

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 and 11 designate respectively, receptacles for different condiments, each of which is of substantially bottle shape having a restricted upper open end 12. A hous ing or casing including a body 13, is designed to receive the receptacles 10 and 11 in sideby-side relation. The housing or casing closed at its upper end by a telescopic cover 14, which is formed with sets of discharge or sitter openings 15 and 16, respectively disposed in registry with the upper reduced open ends 12 of the receptacles 1() and 11 when the cover is in applied position. A bar 17'is hinged as at 18, at one of its extremi ties within the upper open end of the casing` for swinging movement to a position transverse of the casing, to engage and maintain the receptaclesv 10 and 11 within the casing against shifting movement. The free terminal 19 of the bar is resilient and is designed to snap behind a keeper lug 2O formed within the casing.

ln order to provide means for independently closing and opening the discharge or sifter openings 15 and 16, a pair of rotary closure members 21 and 22 are mounted for rotation on the under side of the cover 14 on journals or bearings 23. The members 21 and 22 are each formed with an annular concentric series of openings 24 corresponding to the discharge or sifter openings 15 and 16, so that relative rotation of the inembers 21 and 22 to the cover, respectively dispose the openings 24 into and out of registry wit-h the openings 15 and 16. The members 21 and 22 are preferably of disklike formation provided with depending annular flanges 27 of al diameter to snugly fit over the upper reduced ends 12 of the receptacles 10 and 11, and said flanges are provided with radially projecting apertured ears 28 connected by a -coiled contractile spring' 29 which functions to normally shift the members to a position to dispose the openings 24 out of register with the openings 15 and 16. In order to provide means -for manually shifting the members 21 and 22 in the opposite direction to bring the sifter openings into registry for discharging the contents of the receptacles, a sitter arm 30 is pivotally connected. at 3l to the outer periphery ot the flange 27 of each member 21 and 22, said sitter arms extending through slots or openings 32 in .the cov-` er lange32a. At the outer ends the arms 30 are provided with finger-engaging ter-- minals 33. Under this arrangement, it is obvious tha-t either one or both ot the arms may be shifted for simultaneously or singly discharging the contents et the receptacles.

In order to provide means for locking and retaining the cover in applied position to the body ot the housing or casing, an internally threaded upwardly projecting boss 34 is formed on the cross bar 17 and the threaded shank 35 ot a thumb screw is passed through an opening 3b' in the cover with the .knurled head 37 overlying the same. The receptacles 10 and l1 are preferably of glass or any other suitable transparent material and the side Walls of the housing body are formed with vertical display openings or slots 38through which the contents of the receptacles may be observed so thatthe.' user may learn when the receptacles need refilling.

lVhat is claimed is:

l. A condiment holder comprising a housing, a plurality of condiment receptacles, each having an open upper end, means for normally retaining the receptacles Within the housing, a cover for said housing having sets of sitter openings therein disposed .re spectively in alinement With the open ends of the condiment receptacles and shiftable inverted cup-shape( closure plates mounted on the under side ot the cover and having complementary sitter openings therein, said closure plates embracing the upper open ends of the receptacles, and means connected therewith and extending through the cover for independently shifting the same to v closed and openrelat-ion to the sets of sitter openings in the cover.

2. A condiment. holder comprising a housing, a plurality of condiment receptacles, each having. an open upper end, means for normally retaining the receptacles Within the housing, a cover for said housing having sets of sitter openings therein disposed respectively in alinement with the open ends of the condiment receptacles and shiftable inverted cup-shaped closure plates mounted on the under side ot' the cover and having complementary rsitter openings therein, said closure plates embracing the upper open ends of the receptacles, and means connected therewith and extending through the cover for independentlyy shitting the same to closed and open relation to the sets of sitter openings in the cover, said receptacles' being ot' a transparent material and said housing having display openings for observing the contents of the receptacles.

3. A dispensing container, includingA a plurality of receptacles having upper open ends, a housing therefor including a body, a removable cover or said yhousing having sets of dispensing openings ofvarious sizes and disposed, respectively, in alinement with the upper open ends yof the receptacles, and means on the cover for independently closing and opening the sets of dispensing openings,'said means embracingly engaging over the upper open ends of the receptacles.

JOEL H. Roenes.l 

